Red Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Hawkes Bay, New Zealand)
Red Island Spot ID
Type: beach and reef
Reliability: inconsistent
Best: Swell SE | Wind NW
Sea Temperature Today is: 14.5 °C
| Sun | Monday 21 | |||
| 10PM | 1AM | 4AM | 7AM | |
| Wave (m) |
 NE |
 NE |
 SSE |
 SSE |
| Period (s) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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 |
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| Wind State | glass | cross | cross- off |
cross- off |
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Red Island in Hawkes Bay is a quite exposed beach and reef break that does not work very often with no particular seasonal pattern. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights and in addition there are both left and right reef breaks.. Best around mid tide. It's sometimes crowded here.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Cray Bay, 1 km from Red Island.
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
|---|---|---|
| high tide | ||
| low tide |
Red Island Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Otane, 32 km from Red Island.
light winds from the SW km/h |  Dry | Air temperature 14.4 °C |
Overall Red Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in October
Surf photos from
the gallery
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Use this relief map to navigate to Hawkes Bay surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Red Island
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Red Island:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break2 mi
- Third closest break6 mi
- Fourth closest break14 mi
- Fifth closest break14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Red Island:
- Closest wave buoy150 mi
- Second closest wave buoy169 mi
- Third closest wave buoy219 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy222 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy305 mi
Tide stations nearest to Red Island:
- Closest tide station25 mi
- Second closest tide station60 mi
- Third closest tide station70 mi
- Fourth closest tide station85 mi
- Fifth closest tide station98 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Red Island:
- Closest city location17 mi
- Second closest city location24 mi
- Third closest city location81 mi
- Fourth closest city location98 mi
- Fifth closest city location103 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Red Island is Palmerston North Airport (PMR) in New Zealand, 128 km (80 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Red Island is Taupo Airport (TUO), also in New Zealand, 146 km (91 miles) away.
- Third is Gisborne Airport (GIS) in New Zealand, 157 km (98 miles) away.
- Wanganui Airport (WAG) in New Zealand is 168 km (104 miles) away.
- Masterton Airport (MRO), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to Red Island and is 170 km (106 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Red Island, Hawkes Bay. Use the tab navigation above to view Red Island sea temperature, Red Island photographs, Red Island detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Red Island webcams, current wind from Hawkes Bay live weather stations and Red Island tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Red Island.
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